Though she had no formal background in art, she was trained as a seamstress and she created a collection of 36 fabric pictures of strong, vivid colors and striking details with a sense of folk-like realism. Meticulously stitched words beneath the pictures provide a narrative that illustrates her courage and resilience.

Brought to you by the Council on Culture & Arts (COCA) and the Holocaust Education Resource Council (HERC), this exhibition is accompanied by the works of local photographer Mike Olivella. He created a series of black and white, fine art photographs depicting the Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps near Krakow, Poland. Several of those images are also on display in the gallery.

The Fabric of Survival exhibition was organized by and is on loan from Art and Remembrance, Inc. which is located in Maryland. The exhibit was created with the generous support of the Jim and Carol Trawick Foundation and the Morris Louis Art Trust.

A public reception for the exhibition begins at 6:00pm on Tuesday, February 20th in the City Hall Gallery, and lasts until 7:30.

This is one of many exhibitions curated by COCA for the Art in Public Places program on behalf of the City of Tallahassee. For more information about this exhibition or upcoming exhibitions, visit tallahasseearts.org or contact Amanda Karioth Thompson at COCA, (850) 224-2500 or amanda@tallahasseearts.org.